Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, results in memory loss and compromises cognitive abilities in many people beyond the age of 60. Currently used techniques to detect manifestations of the disease (MRI, PET,…
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Why does your hair curl in the summer? A chemist explains the science behind hair structure
by Tara S. Carpenter, The Conversation If you have curly hair, you know that every day is a new adventure. What will my hair do today? Why does it curl better on some…
Airport threatens Albania’s fragile wild paradise
Flamingos and Dalmatian pelicans laze in the azure waters of a shallow lagoon near Albania’s Adriatic coast. But this avian paradise’s days may be numbered, ecologists warn, with a new airport being…
Mapping the evolution of E. coli’s main virulence factor offers a refined drug target
In a new study, published today in Nature Communications, a multi-center team led by the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University of Oslo, Imperial College London and UCL, has mapped for the first time…
Study elucidates mechanisms of interaction and removal of coexisting contaminants in wetlands
Constructed wetlands (CWs) have attracted increasing attention for the reduction of heavy metals and antibiotics in tailwaters of livestock and poultry effluents due to their stable and considerable purification efficiency, low costs,…
Conifer needles found to consume oxygen when times are hard
Plants give us oxygen through photosynthesis—this is commonly taught in school. An international research team has now shown that, particularly in early spring when low temperatures coincide with high light, conifer needles…
New research provides a rapid and non-destructive method for identifying honey’s botanical origin
Researchers at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague have developed a rapid, non-destructive method using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) to identify the botanical origin of honey….
Scientists develop new AI tool for gene discovery in clinical and research settings
Scientists from A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have developed a new tool, named Bambu, which uses artificial intelligence to identify and characterize new genes, enabling an adaptable analysis across various species…
Researchers isolate key compounds in the aroma of walnuts
A research team from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has analyzed the aroma of walnut kernels and deciphered the underlying odorant code. As the…
Dog bites may be more common on hot and polluted days, according to new study
Dog bites may occur more frequently—by up to 11%—on days with hotter, sunnier weather, and when air pollution levels are higher, suggests a paper published in Scientific Reports. However, the authors caution that…